Improvement in barrel-machines



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, J. NAYLOR. Jr. Barrel-Machine.

No. 196,927. Patented Nov! 6, 1877.

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J.NAYLOB,. Jr. Barrel-Machine.

N0..I96,927. Patentgd Nov. 6,1877

JAMES NAYLOR, JR, OF

PAT NT CFFICE.

nooHEsrER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,927, dated November 6, 1877 application filed July 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, JAMES NAYLOR, J r., of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a' certain new and useful Improvement in Barrel-Machines; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,-in which-- Figure 1 is aplan of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section in line 00 w of Fig. 1.- Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating the method of bilging the staves. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views.

My improvement relates to a barrel-raising machine. The staves arefed automatically into the machine, the ends are squared and cut, the staves set up in the form of a barrel, and the truss-hoops applied, in asimple andeffective manner.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described.

A represents the frame, which may be of any suitable construction. B3 are the revolving disks orchucks, which serve to receive the staves." They are of circular form,

and attached to shafts 00, which have endwise movement in the frame, to allow the disks to clamp the staves andrelease the same after the barrel-cylinder is formed. They are pro vided on the back side with spur-gears D D, which engage with corresponding spur-gears E E on a shaft, F, by which said disks are both driven at uniform speed. The spur-gears D D are of sufficient width to keep in gear with the wheels E E during the 'endwise movement of the disks. The faces of the disks are provided with rabbets or ofl'sets a a of sufficient size to receive the ends of the staves,-

and these offsets are provided with projecting spurs or points I) 1), Figs. 2 and 4, which strike into the ends of the staves, thereby retainin g them in place upon the disks. Instead of this arrangement, the edges of the disks may have grooves sunken therein to receive the ends of the staves. r

G G are drivers for forcing the staves down into place. They are simply arms pivoted, at

c, on top of the frame, or otherwise arranged to have a vertical movement, and so located that in the downstroke they strike on top of the to a certain extent to prevent breakage of the staves.

The tongue is situated radially beyond the periphery of the disks, a distance equal to the bilge of the barrel. I I are ways onwhich the ends of I At the the staves rest as they are forced down. top they leave an open throat for the easy entrance of the staves. Immediately below and in front of the disks theyare concentric with the disks, so that after the staves are entered the ends are forced into the offsets a a, where they are held by the points b b, while the central portions of the staves are bilged' by rest ing outside the bilger, as before described.

At the rear and under the machine the ways 7 form an inclined plane, '01, Fig. 2, down which the barrel rolls to be discharged when it is released. The ways are connected by a bedplate, f, and they are hung on a pivot, ,g, at the rear. able higher or lower in front.

K K is a bed or table in front for receiving the staves.

LL are; gages for locating the position of the staves to be forced down-into the machine.

to allow the staves to pass.

made stiff. 4

h h are stops to prevent rising of l the staves.

M M are saws for squaring the Y ends of the staves. They are driven by pulleys 'i i, or equivalent, and are located at such a position as to cut the ends of the staves of the right; length to enter the machine. It is a gage or stop on one side for evening the staves preparatory to being sawed;

.NN are followers, situated, respectively, at

each end of v the machine. They have collars The lower extremity of the When so pivoted they are adjust- A throat is left at the lower end'of the gages, between them and the ways, 1 These gages are preferably springs that will yield to a certainextent to outward pressure; but they may be 1 l, which slide :loosely on the shafts C O. m

the frame, and pivoted in the center to the collars Z Z of the followers N N. They move the followers out and in.

Q Q are connecting-rods, attached at one" end to the lower ends of the leversl, and

jointed at the other end to a central crankwheel, R, operated by. a hand-lever, S. As this hand-lever is thrown in one direction or the other, the followers will be correspondingly opened or closed.

J J are springs or weightsof any desired form, towhich the shafts G C are attached at the outer ends. These springs or weights draw the disks outward and hold them there, except when thrown inward by the operating mechanism. r

T T, Fig. -l, are half-ratchets, turning freely on the shafts CO at the ends of the frame. T T are corresponding half-ratchets fixed to the said shafts, being prevented from turning thereon. The teeth of these two half-ratchets engage. When in one position theyfit 130- gether, allowing the disks B B to be retracted by the springs or weights. When in the opposite position the teeth rest upon eachother, forcing the disks inward. y y are arms attached to the turning half-ratchets T T, and provided with loops 3 y at their ends.

Vis a rock-lever, jointed at the oppositeends to the loops y y of the half-ratchets, and turning freely 011 thehub 02., Fig. 5, of the crank.- wheelR. This rock-lever is alternately rocked or thrown in one direction and the other by a pin, 1), on the under side of the crank-wheel, which strikes it as the said wheel is turned. This action alternately rocks the turning halfratehets T T, thereby moving the disks B B out and in. V A

The'operation of the machine is as follows: The staves are placed upon the bed or table K, with the ends resting against the stop k. They are then moved up to the gages L L, with the edges standing upward. The gages locate them in position to be driven down into the throat. The drivers G G now come down and force the staves. downward, one by one. In passing down, the ends ride upon the ways I I, and the center passes over the bilger H, thereby bilging the staves, as before described; When the staves reach the concentric portion of the ways, their ends strike into theoffsets 'a a, and are retained bythe points b 1). The

disks in this position are. just so far apart as to-receive the staves in the bilged form. As the disks revolve, they carry the staves free of the bilger, and they are then held in pl'aee between the disks by their natural spring.

This process of feeding in is continued till the whole barrelcylinder is completed. When this is done, the hand-lever S is thrown in the opposite direction. The first movement of the lever, operating through the crank-wheel R, connecting-rods Q Q, and levers P P, is to force the followers N N inward, thereby causing the arms m m to drive the truss-hoops on the barrel. The still further movement of the handlever in the same direction causes the pin 12 to strike the rock-lever V, tilting the same, and thereby closing the half-ratchets T T, so that the disks B are retracted by the springs J J.

The retraction of the disks frees the barrel:

cylinder, which falls uponJthe inclined plane 01 below, and rolls away from the machine. j t

On the reverse motionofthe hand-lever the 5 first action isto retract the follower, andthe disks are then thrown forward to reset themachine.

Various modificationsof the machinery may be made withoutafi'ecting the principle of opj eration. Differentmechanismmaybe employed for moving the disks and the followers in and out; but the movements abovedescribed are essential to produce the desired result. j

. The work of setting up, squaring,fand trussai ing the barrels is done in a very rapid and effective manner by'this machine, requiring only the feeding in of the staves by hand. V i

. I am aware that machines for-setting up bar rels have before been known. 0 In one case an I j expanding-disk is used in thecenter for bilg, A ingthe staves. In anotherthestaves are drawn in by hooks, and the bilging formed by the end compression of the staves in the grooves in t which they travel to enter the disks. SuchfIp do notclaim. r y r i What I claim herein as new is- 1. In a barrel-machine, such as described, the disks B B, having an end movement and receiving simultaneous motion by means of connecting-gearing, and the ways I I, located under the said disks, pivoted atthe lower end, so as to be adjustable vertically, ,andconstructed with an open throat at thetop, and a con centric depression directly below and in front; of the disks, for the purpose of forcing the .ends of the bent staves into contact with the. disks, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified. t

. 2. In a barrel-machine, the combination of j the ways I I, the bilger H, and the driver or Q drivers Grv G, for bilging the staves as they enter the disks, substantially as described I I 3. The bilger H, constructed with a spring end to prevent breakage of the staves, as here- *in described. v p M.

, 4. In a barrel-mach ine, the combination, with h k the ways I I and bilger H, of the gages L.) L, for placing the staves into position to be .p

driveninto the 1nachine, as and for the purposespecified. i

5. In a barrel-machine, the combination,with

the ways I I and bilger H, of the saws M M, for equalizingthe staves preparatory to entering the machine, as herein shown and de- In witness whereof I havehereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES NAYLOR, JR.

Witnesses:

R. F. OSGOOD, Enwm SCOTT. 

